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Source: MedWire News Poor glycemic control is associated with reduced lung function in patients with Type 2 diabetes, study results suggest. Increased levels of inflammation among patients with poor glycemic control may play a part in the association, says the team. “Both Type 2 diabetes and chronic lung disease, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease […]

Source: MedWire News Schizophrenia patients with a family history of psychosis tend to have an earlier age of onset and more severe negative symptoms than their peers with no such history, show results from a meta-analysis. However, “the most compelling” finding of the study was the interaction between family history and gender which provides an […]

Good efficacy and minimal toxicity make citalopram a candidate for managing hot flashes associated with tamoxifen use, according to US researchers. “Many of the effective selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors evaluated for hot flashes, namely paroxetine and fluoxetine, are potent inhibitors of CYP2D6 and cannot be used to manage tamoxifen-associated hot flashes,” explain Debra Barton (Mayo […]

Source: MedWire News Both all-cause and cardiovascular mortality are substantially increased in people with Type 2 diabetes compared with nondiabetics, UK researchers have shown. They also demonstrate that duration of diabetes is an independent predictor for mortality risk and that younger women with the disease are at disproportionately increased risk for cardiovascular mortality. Josie Evans […]

Source: MedWire News Consuming omega-3 fatty acids may result in a modest reduction in mortality and coronary restenosis following angioplasty in high-risk cardiovascular patients, say researchers after a meta-analysis of trials. Although omega-3 fatty acids were not associated with a statistically significant reduction in all-cause mortality or restenosis, the team states that “the probability of […]

Bloomberg News (7/14, Aquino) reports, “The World Health Organization recommends patients start antiretroviral therapy when their CD4+ count drops to 350,” as a “higher CD4+ count means greater infection-fighting ability because the immune system hasn’t yet been depressed by the virus.” A new paper appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine is partly responsible […]

The increase in men’s average body mass index (BMI) accounts for a large proportion of the rise in Type 2 diabetes among men in the UK over the past few decades, say researchers. However, around three quarters of new cases of Type 2 diabetes that occurred during this time cannot be explained by increasing BMI, […]

Source: MedWire News Prostate cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy (RP) may be less likely to experience disease recurrence after surgery if they use certain cholesterol-lowering drugs, report US researchers. The study results show that men who took statins had a 30% reduced risk for biochemical recurrence after surgery compared with those who did not. […]

Source: CBS News Can what you’re eating affect your medications? We often hear about how grapefruits and certain medications don’t mix — but there may be many more foods that could interfere with how drugs work in your body. Dr. Jennifer Ashton explained foods and drugs can make medications less effective or cause unintended side […]

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